Sand Trap

This article is about the minigame in Mario Party 9. For the obstacle in the Mario Golf series, see Bunker.

Sand Trap
Appears in	Mario Party 9
Type	Bowser Jr. minigame
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	Bowser Jr. Battle 5
Music sample

Sand Trap is a Bowser Jr. minigame in Mario Party 9. The name of this minigame is a play on the name of an obstacle in golf.

Introduction

Bowser Jr. stands in the top right corner of the field. Both players ground-pound, and Bowser Jr. narrowly escapes as the block he was standing on disappears. He then taunts the players from his new square.

Gameplay

The pair must try to force Bowser Jr. to fall by removing the square he is standing on. To do so, the players must ground-pound switches simultaneously. One player can highlight rows, and the other player can highlight columns. The sand block where a glowed row and column intersect disappears. However, if a player is not well aligned with the switch for the row or column, it is not highlighted. A square stops being highlighted after one second. Bowser Jr. can be trapped and made easier to remove by eliminating all of the squares around the one he is standing on. If the players fail to drop Bowser Jr. within 30 seconds, he is victorious.

Ending

If the players are victorious, Bowser Jr. struggles in midair for a second before screaming and falling, then the players strike their victory poses. Otherwise, Bowser Jr. strikes his victory pose and laughs.

In-game text

• Rules – "Drop Bowser Jr.! Ground-pound a switch to highlight a row of blocks. Do it at the same time as your teammate to make a block disappear where your two rows intersect."
• Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press to move, to jump, and while jumping to perform a ground pound."

See also

• Ground Pound Pals

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	砂ばくの落とし穴[?] Sabaku no Otoshiana	Desert Pitfall
Chinese	沙漠陷阱[?] Shāmò xiànjǐng	Desert Trap
French	Sables croulants[?]	Pun with sables mouvants (quicksand) and croulant (crumbling)
German	Sandtreibjagd[?]	Sand Traction Hunt
Italian	Sabbie cadenti[?]	Falling Sands (pun on "Falling stars")
Spanish	Trágame, tierra[?]	Swallow Me, Ground (expression meaning "I wish I was dead!")